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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: SAN FRANCISCO, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: High-colored, sparkling, very much alive Last Line: Her syncopating feet dance on again! Subject(s): San Francisco | |||
High-colored, sparkling, very much alive, Her feet atingle ever for a dance, Her eyes agleam with laughter and romance Her brain alert to vision and contrive, Gayly she greets what fortune may arrive Fearless of any turn of circumstance; Gives destiny a bright, flirtatious glance And fate a wink—nor cares how they connive. She jazzes to the music of the spheres And then—'twixt dance and dance—with sudden thought, She stops to fashion miracles; the years Will look with wonder on the dreams she wrought. And her smiles blithely on her work, and then Her syncopating feet dance on again! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STREETS OF PEARL AND GOLD by CAROLYN KIZER HIKING ON THE COAST RANGE by KENNETH REXROTH THE STATUE OF ST. FRANCIS by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI AN ELEGY TO DISPEL GLOOM (ASSASSINATIONS OF MOSCONE & MILK) by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI THE ANGELUS; HEARD AT THE MISSION DOLORES IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1868 by FRANCIS BRET HARTE TO SAN FRANCISCO by SAMUEL JOHN ALEXANDER SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR by NANCY BUCKLEY PRESIDIO HILL by JOHN VANCE CHENEY |
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